Santosh Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37746 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-904 Year-2024 Thana- SASARAM NAGAR District- Rohtas ====================================================== Santosh Singh Son of Mahendra Singh Resident of Village -Sarawan Police Station -Nasriganj District -Rohtas at Sasaram at Present Resident of VillageChawar Takiya Police Station- Sasaram(T) District -Rohtas at Sasaram ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anant Kumar 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-06-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his daughter was married to Raushan on 11.03.2024, further alleges that the accused persons including the petitioner were demanding motorcycle and a golden chain and for non fulfillment of the demand, his daughter was tortured, further Rohit on 05.11.2024 called and informed that victim was unwell, accordingly the informant reached the place of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37746 of 2025(2) dt.18-06-2025 2/3 occurrence and saw the dead body of his daughter, thus alleges that his daughter was killed by the accused persons for nonfulfillment of the demand of dowry.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case being maternal father-in-law of the deceased. It is next submitted that even allegation of demand of dowry and torture is general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that the entire allegation hinges on suspicion. It is further submitted that had the petitioner been involved in the occurrence in that event the efforts would have been made to conceal the evidence by disposing of the dead body but then the dead body was found lying in the house. It is also submitted that postmortem of the dead body was conducted and the doctor opined that the cause of death to be asphyxia due to hanging.
It is next submitted that whenever any dispute arises in between the husband and the wife and an occurrence of the nature as alleged takes place, the entire family members are implicated including distant relative in a mechanical manner with general and omnibus allegation. It is next submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37746 of 2025(2) dt.18-06-2025 3/3 approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Criminal Miscellaneous No. 4238 of 2025 and the same was allowed by an order dated 12.02.2025. It is next submitted that cse of the petitioner is on a better footing as he is maternal father-in-law of the deceased and resides separately.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sasaram (T) P.S. Case No. 904 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T